Service difficulty report · Spark Plug · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
September 5, 2006
Submitted
October 3, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
11,956 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Spark Plug
Condition
Fouled
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) AIRCRAFT (CARGO FLIGHT, NO PASSENGERS, 2 CREW ON BOARD) RETURNED AFTER TAKEOFF WITH REPORT OF LT ENGINE RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND PARTIAL POWER LOSS AS INDICATED BY SLIGHT YAW OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LT ENGINE RPM FLUCTUATION OF APPROX. 200 RPM. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED NR3 CYLINDER SPARK PLUGS FOULED; REPLACED WITH NEW FINE-WIRE TYPE PLUGS AND GROUND RUN CHECKED SERVICEABLE. SNAG REOCCURRED NEXT FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE. ALL LT ENGINE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES CLEANED, ALL FUEL INJECTOR LINES CLEANED AND GROUND RUN CHECKED SERVICEABLE. AIRCRAFT TEST FLIGHT AND SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS WITH LH ENGINE OPERATION NOW NORMAL. (TC NR 20060907003)

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